bugGNU Core Utilities - Bugs: bug #12651, sort Feature request: random order

 
 

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bug #12651: sort Feature request: random order

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Submitted on:  Mon 11 Apr 2005 11:02:56 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: NoneStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: None
Open/Closed: Closed

Tue 14 Feb 2006 10:30:25 PM UTC, comment #1:

This has been added for upcoming coreutils-6.0:
From sort --help:

-R, --random-sort sort by random hash of keys

Jim Meyering <meyering>
Project Administrator
Mon 11 Apr 2005 11:02:56 PM UTC, original submission:

I am constatntly seeking a way to randomize a list of text strings, sort seems intuitave to me. Please consider adding say a flag for returning strings in a random order.

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Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
Sat 26 Aug 2006 10:45:51 AM UTCmeyeringOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
Tue 14 Feb 2006 10:30:25 PM UTCmeyeringStatusNone=>Fixed

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